So a Black entertainer has been in ICE hold for three months after being a resident for years
I was today years old when I found out that Jane Eugene of Loose Ends has been detained by ICE for 3 months. That monstrosity needs to be dismantled. 😖
Lisa Snowden
@lisasnowden.bsky.social
10376 Followers
978 Following
Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of @baltimorebeat.bsky.social, a nonprofit newsroom in beautiful Baltimore City.
-
-
𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩'𝐬 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 Three weeks before Trump's inauguration, I began building a comprehensive archive of independent journalism on state violence in Trump's America—an abolitionist educational resource designed to counteract state propaganda.
Here's a navigation guide. 1/15 🧵
-
NO ONE ELSE NO ONE ELSE CAN SPEAK THE WORDS ON YOUR LIPS!!!
-
Thank you ❤️
-
Realized late as hell that Sunday would have marked three years since our relaunch of @baltimorebeat.bsky.social. Here’s an interview I did with All Things Considered on NPR back in 2022 www.npr.org/2022/08/12/1...
Here's why the 'Baltimore Beat' relaunched as a Black-led, nonprofit publication
Lisa Snowden, editor-in-chief of the Baltimore Beat, talks about the return of the Black-led, nonprofit newspaper.
-
Baltimore Beat has been running film and music reviews consistently for three years baltimorebeat.com/to-a-land-un...
'To a Land Unknown’ asks how far you would go to start over
What would you do for a fresh start, to change the shape and tenor of your life forever? Documentarian Mahdi Fleifel’s first narrative feature explores the complexities of extricating oneself from the...
Just as an FYI the alternative press still exists ( @aanpublishers.bsky.social )
-
BC Carpenters was tapped to work on the Doechii pieces along with outside talent hired by California-based entertainment company, Live Nation.
“Now that they tapped me in, they locked me in for all their Chicago [events].”
Meet the Chicago carpentry company that helped bring Doechii's tour promotion to the streets — and river • The TRiiBE
Black-owned BC Carpentry helped design two pieces for the rapper during Lollapalooza weekend.
-
Just as an FYI the alternative press still exists ( @aanpublishers.bsky.social )
so, in the course of a month, the New York Times reassigned four veteran critics, the Washington Post’s film critic took a buyout, Vanity Fair decided it doesn’t need a film critic at all, and the Associated Press got rid of book criticism altogether?
Cool.
-
"“I ain’t ever bought no prostitutes. I ain’t never raped nobody. I ain’t never paid anybody off. None of that stuff,” said G, a resident from one of the photographed tents.
“He’s much more of a criminal than I am”"
streetsensemedia.org/article/home...
Donald Trump threatens to clear encampments in D.C.
With D.C.’s MPD now under federal control and the National Guard coming to D.C., the fate of people in encampments remains up in the air.
-
In New York doing tourist things
